May 11.2009

Clyde's of Gallery Place, 707 7th St., NW
Washington, D.C.

The second in a series on "Spending the Broadband Stimulus," will consider one of the leading definition questions that remains to be defined by the Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration, the FCC, and the Agriculture Department's Rural Utilities Service: Who is served by broadband, and who isn't.

BroadbandCensus.com announced that Rep. Rick Boucher, Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Communications Subcommittee, will speak at the Broadband Breakfast Club on Tuesday, May 12, 2009.

Boucher, who leads Congressional efforts to define and supervise the nation’s broadband policy - and its communication strategy for rural America - will lead off the discussion at the Broadband Breakfast Club with a speech at the Clyde's of Gallery Place. The topic of the May 12 meeting is "How Should 'Unserved' and 'Underserved' Areas Best Be Defined?"

Registration for the breakfast event is available here. A full American + Continental Breakfast is available beginning at 8 a.m.; the program will begin shortly after 8:30 a.m.

Other confirmed speakers include:

* Randolph J. May, President, Free State Foundation
* Jean Plymale, Virginia Tech eCorridors Program
* James Bradford Ramsey, General Counsel, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners
* S. Derek Turner, Research Director, Free Press

The event will be moderated by Drew Clark, Editor and Executive Director of BroadbandCensus.com. Clark is a veteran telecom and technology journalist, and he founded BroadbandCensus.com in January 2008 as a means of providing the public with a free and objective resource of the wired and wireless local broadband carriers, grouped by ZIP code, by speed, by competition and by consumer satisfaction.